MUMBAI,
THE Central Bureau of Investigation approached the Bombay High Court on Tuesday seeking extension till January 3 on the stay on an order granting bail to former Maharashtra home minister Anil Deshmukh in a corruption case. The High Court said it will hear the CBI’s application on Wednesday.
A single bench of Justice M S Karnik on December 12 granted bail to the 73-year-old Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader in the case, but said the order will be effective after 10 days, as the CBI had sought time to challenge it in the apex court.
The probe agency on Friday filed its appeal in the Supreme Court, but the plea would be heard only in January 2023 since the court has closed for vacation.